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hello!! i really love your photos - taiwan is one of my favourite places in the world and when i see your photos i relieve my memories of all my travels there! you seem to move around a lot and i was wondering if you have any tips on how to do so on a budget? thank u!

ah thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you have fond memories of Taiwan :)

Travel on a budget- it really depends how much inconvenience you are willing to put up with. I'm not quite as frugal as I used to be, the older I get the more I'm willing to pay for the peace and quiet of a private room, or a flight that arrives and departs at a reasonable hour. Sleeping (or trying to) overnight in the airport guarantees me a migraine now. I have a home base, take shorter trips, and try to pare everything down to a small bag that fits under the seat (HK Express has 'ultra-lite' tickets with only a 'personal item' allowance).

In my illustrious past however I was very into Couchsurfing dot com, work exchanges, working holidays, WWOOFing, hitchhiking, ride-sharing, car camping, regular camping, and subsisting on a nutritionally incomplete diet. I've met people who stayed in abandoned buildings, slept on the beach, went dumpster diving, simply walked everywhere (met a guy who was walking from Rotterdam to Istanbul on account of a book he'd read), or volunteered or worked on boats for passage. The limit is largely your dignity, time available, and how much you value your personal safety, for better or worse.

However, I think the most standard, mid-range, accessible advice is just to stay in hostels, take public transport, be strategic about where you eat, and skip the alcohol (if you really must, get it from the supermarket not in an overpriced cocktail). If you're already doing all that and want to get grittier, the previous paragraph is where it's at. Good luck!

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Hi there! I'm from Kerala, love your photography and perspective. Can I ask what kind of camera you use?

Hey there, thank you! For any photos that look more old-timey it's a Kodak Ektar H35, for the rest I have a really old Samsung EX2F as well as my phone, nothing too fancy